Colorful Mountain Tour

Colorful Mountain Tour

It is unique for its rainbow of large and beautiful mountains.

About 100 kilometers southeast of Cusco_ Peru, there is a mountain Rainbow.

It is about the mountain of the Seven Colors, also known as Vinicunca or Arcoíris.

 The pilgrimage in the Peruvian Andes in search of the Snow Star, NEVADO AUSANGATE

The mountain is in the Cordillera del Vilcanota at 5,200 meters above sea level, in the district of Pitumarca.

Its slopes and summits are dyed by stripes of intense shades of fuchsia, turquoise, lavender and gold.

Itinerary

COLORING MOUNTAIN TOUR

Route Duration: 9 hours

• Montaña De Colores

Ausangate

Operates: You will be picked up between 4:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. from your hotel. We will leave Cusco around 5:00 am and we will head southwest towards Ausangate, the fifth highest mountain in Peru. Travel by car (2 hours and a half approx.). We will cross the cities of Urcos and Checacupe before reaching the Pitumarca District, where a rich, rich breakfast buffet will be served. Then, we will go to the starting point of our walk, at the foot of the snowy Ausangate. For approximately 2 and a half hours we will ascend among mysterious mountains, while we encounter Andean animals such as alpacas, sheep and vicuñas and we will appreciate beautiful landscapes full of streams, mountains, lagoons, snowy mountains as well as flora and fauna. Ascending up to 5,200 meters approximately we will reach our desired destination: Vinicunca or "Hill of Colors." From this point, we will get an insurmountable view of a mountain that is rather a canvas in which the colors of geology created a masterpiece of nature . You will enjoy about 40 minutes of free time to admire the Rainbow Mountain and take pictures. You will discover why her majesty has made her worthy of a position in the list of the 100 places that must be visited before dying, according to the National Geographic magazine. We can also appreciate the Apu Ausangate, snowed more venerated by the Incas. Still seduced by the magic that surrounds this section of the Andes mountain range, we will begin the descent towards the point where we started the trek. We will stop along the way to have a delicious buffet lunch at a local restaurant in Pitumarca. With the forces replaced, we will return to Cusco. The tour ends at the Plaza de Regocijo in Cusco around 7:00 p.m.